Yes, I think the issue is with the launcher itself. Running the application directly starts fine.

I tried the combination of the old AutoUpdate.dll and the new MCMStubLauncher.exe, and the problem was still there.I tried the combination of the new AutoUpdate.dll and the old MCMStubLauncher.exe, and the problem was not present.

Regards,Eric

doug2h

Post subject: Re: Newest update crashes unfortunately

Posted: April 21st, 2017, 7:05 pm

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ehoffman wrote:

Hello

I just registered, to add to this discussion.

Yes, I think the issue is with the launcher itself. Running the application directly starts fine.

I tried the combination of the old AutoUpdate.dll and the new MCMStubLauncher.exe, and the problem was still there.I tried the combination of the new AutoUpdate.dll and the old MCMStubLauncher.exe, and the problem was not present.

Regards,Eric

Good find, restoring old stublauncher works for me also. Not sure how it affects MCM overall.

- Both reports version 2.14.32215.810- Both seem to be obfuscated similarly, but give completely different obfuscated code (probably just because the obfuscation used a different seed), so I can't really check what's different codewize between the two. However, one difference is in the assembly used. The old one uses assembly "SuppressIldasm", while the new one does not.

One thing for sure, even if the source code of the launcher did not change, the launcher was recompiled during the build/packaging process (which is most probably correct!), but somehow the latest build did recompile with a different setting for the launcher.

I don't know if this can help.

As to answer to doug2h, I guess that with the version strings, and Pete's comment, we can safely assume that using the older of the 2 versions of the launcher should not make a difference for (should not affect) the update process itself. As for the difference between 2.12.23514.782 and 2.14.32215.810, I could not tell (should refer to the changelog).

Regards,Eric

doug2h

Post subject: Re: Newest update crashes unfortunately

Posted: April 21st, 2017, 8:33 pm

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Auto update appears to never touch the "C:\Program Files (x86)\Media Center Master" folder as I have multiple machines with really old stublauncher and autoupdate.dll file.

Only the installer updates these files. Just like if I used the oldest installer on the forum that is what stublauncher and autoupdate.dll file I would have in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Media Center Master".

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